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The story of writing

Robinson, Andrew, 1957-1995
Book
In this book the author explains the interconnection between sound, symbol and script for each of the major writing systems in turn, & follows the trail of discovery and decipherment from Egyptian hieroglyphs to the scripts of China and Japan today.
Main title:
The story of writing / Andrew Robinson.
Imprint:
London : Thames & Hudson, c1995.
Collation:
224p. : ill. (some col.), facsims. (some col.), maps (some col.) ports. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-219) and index.
ISBN:
9780500016657 (hbk)
Dewey class:
302.2244411
Local class:
411.09Ro
Language:
English
BRN:
22764
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